Young Kristin Laurite is found dead at a rest stop in Morrilton, Arkansas. She had stopped at a rest stop while road tripping from New Jersey to her new home in California. The clues are few, but DNA may hold the answers to her murder, and those of others.

Andrew is still watching Mandalorian stuff, including a behind-the-scenes show about it because he's a big old nerd. Caitlin watches a new Christmas movie (and loves it) along with a podcast about the murders of Gratfeul Dead fans.

Then, we discuss our favorite Thanksgiving foods, which suspiciously seems like a way for Caitlin to dunk on her mother's cooking.

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http://www.stanislaus-da.org/pdf/news/2008/press-release-ward-09-23-2008.pdf 

https://missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/california-builds-murder-case-against-montana-killer-ronald-james-ward/article_0da6ccd5-fb9f-58d9-9016-11ce45ded8eb.html

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Andrew is in charge this week, which means it's time for something horrible. Misty Erwin was 20 years old when Clay King Smith took her life away. Even worse, she wasn't the only one that would fall victim to his savagery. Four other innocent lives would be lost because of his actions. We talk about the crimes and their effects on the victims' loved ones.

Caitlin has an update on a crime from North Arkansas that she previously mentioned. It comes right after Andrew says that we're going to talk about things that aren't as sad, so Caitlin made him a dirty liar.

Andrew talks about the new episode of Mandalorian for a second (no spoilers) and the new WatchDogs game (spoiler: it's kind of okay).

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https://searktoday.com/families-grieving-killings/

https://www.upi.com/Archives/2001/05/09/Arkansas-executes-killer-of-five/1620989380800/

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A man is murdered in Jonesboro, Arkansas. The suspect seems obvious, but it wouldn't be interesting if the obvious happened, now would it?

Andrew and Caitlin have their minds blown when doing some hodgepodge research about journalist and author, George Jared. Are we failures? Maybe, but holy crap, go buy George Jared's books!

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This week we return with a story from the early 20th century about a bank robber. Tom Slaughter was a hardened criminal who robbed banks in multiple states, murdered several people, and escaped prison a comical amount of times.

Andrew has Star Wars fever and Caitlin talks about an emotional episode of Unsolved Mysteries.

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This week, we follow The Texarkana Moonlight Murders! A killer is on the loose in Texarkana, a man wearing a mask and attacking young couples, known as the Phantom. It's a story straight out of a slasher, the perfect way to cap off our time in Spooky Season.

We have a small update on the Cobbites from last week, talk a bit about The Town That Dreaded Sundown, Two Sentence Horror Stories, and our spooky suggestions as we head to the end of October.

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This week features two short but strange stories. First up is the story of the Cobbites, a short-lived cult led by a man whose name we still don't know. Then we cover the murderous backstory of the Gurdon Light and cover some of the attempts to explain the phenomenon.

We also have more listener ghost stories and Caitlin gives her final thoughts on the Haunting of Bly Manor.

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https://www.pbcommercial.com/news/20181030/ghostly-lights-still-haunt-tiny-gurdon

https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/gurdon-light-1198/

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This week we bring the spookies by way of the history of the famously haunted Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Stories of flimflam men, death, and ghosts aplenty!

We also read out some of our listener ghost stories! If you have a story you wish to share, you can send us the details at any of the following links!

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https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/charlatan-ozarks-still-looms-over-haunted-crescent-hotel-180973743/

https://www.americasmosthauntedhotel.com/haunted-activities/midden-the-baker-burial-site/

https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/crescent-college-and-conservatory-5618/

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In 1991, a young woman named Mercedes was murdered in the town of El Dorado, Arkansas. The murderer was quickly apprehended and put in jail. However, the real mystery was in Mercedes’ identity. Her name wasn’t Mercedes, nor was it Cheryl Ann Wick, the name found on her ID card. 

Afterwards, Caitlin and Andrew share a couple of ghost stories of theirs with varying levels of actual spookiness. 

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El Dorado Crime Stoppers: 1-870-863-4636

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Real estate agent, Beverly Carter went to show a house to a couple but didn't return home. Caitlin recounts the search for Carter and the motives of her kidnapper(s).

In the nonsense section, Andrew confesses to some food crimes and then yells about wrestling for a minute. Caitlin's got a dog story, and more!

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